The court asked NAB Prosecutor Akram Qureshi where the laundered money was transferred to? Qureshi said that the opposition leader didn’t benefit himself but rather helped others make money.

The bench then asked about the owners of the Paragon Housing Scheme. Qureshi said that Nadeem Zia and Qaiser Amin Butt own it. The court then asked their relation with Shehbaz Sharif. The NAB prosecutor said that they have political terms.

The opposition leader was arrested by NAB last year in connection with the Ashiana Housing Scheme. NAB says he awarded contracts to companies he favoured. NAB says he caused a loss of billion of rupees to the national exchequer by cancelling a contract to the successful bidder that increased the total cost of the project. The bureau accused him of misuse of authority. His arrest came after Fawad Hassan Fawad, Shehbaz’s former implementation secretary, recorded his statement and told NAB that everything he did was because Shehbaz told him to.